​I have some good news to share today. My critical review of alt-right philosopher Jason Reza Jorjani’s Prometheus and Atlas is about to be published in The Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture. The Autumn 2017 edition, which was supposed to have been published last fall, has finally come back from the printers and will be in your favorite academic library and electronic database in the next few weeks. I have some more good news, too: My article providing a historical overview of Rothschild conspiracy theories has been accepted for publication by Britain’s All About History magazine and will be appearing in an upcoming issue this spring. It’s a major feature with a 2,500-word article and two supplementary info-boxes with 1,000+ words of additional information.

​As though to remind me why such articles are necessary, news came yesterday that rightwing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of InfoWars, who has endorsed or promoted conspiracies related to international bankers, Bible giants, demons, and space aliens, claims that Pres. Donald Trump has repeatedly attempted to call him for advice during the course of his presidency. Jones said on his show this week that he and Trump are in frequent contact, but that he hasn’t spoken to the president in recent months because he doesn’t wake early enough to take the president’s calls made during his 8 to 11 A.M. “executive time.”

“I’ve missed his call. Media wants a story,” Jones said, according to a Newsweek transcript. “There it is. I’ve missed the president’s call three times in the last few months. I just gotta get up early in the morning because that’s when the calls come in, in his executive time. That’s what Trump does all day.”

The White House did not confirm the story.

Jones has frequently recycled Rothschild conspiracy theories, arguing at various times that the Jewish banking family created the Federal Reserve and manipulate world events and finances for nefarious ends. After realizing that his claims unleashed an anti-Semitic genie that turned on Donald Trump, whom anti-Semites bashed as a “Rothschild creation” backed by Jewish collaborators like son-in-law Jared Kushner, Jones posted to his official YouTube Channel a video in which he disputes the idea that the Rothschilds are behind Trump, whom Jones sees as an anti-globalist, anti-banker “king of prosperity.”

​It’s frightening to think that centuries-old anti-Semitic conspiracies aren’t just back in fashion but are being whispered into the ear of the president of the United States.

Meanwhile, Jones is finding that there are some limits to how far radical conspiracy theories can take you, even in this age of unreason. According to CNN, Jones has been shopping around a book proposal for a 120,000-word volume on Jones’s “philosophy” that Jones claims will be an instant classic that will be a must-read for generations. The agent who sent out the proposal, representing Jones’s writing partner, so-called “pick-up artist” Neil Strauss, suffered embarrassment when his agency, United Talent Agency, disavowed the agent’s actions and announced that the submission had been unauthorized. No U.S. publisher would admit to having interest in Jones’s book.

I’m sure that won’t stop some opportunist from trying to profit off Jones’s infamy, but it does look like recent events have made it a little harder for conspiracy theorists and propagandists to get an automatic payday.

Finally today, late yesterday Gaia TV contacted me to ask if I would be willing to fly to an undisclosed location for a one-hour interview and then return to Albany at the conclusion of the hour. As most of you know, Gaia TV is an online subscription service specializing in ancient astronaut, occult, and fringe content. They employ the likes of David Wilcock, who endorses the vile Pizzagate conspiracy and blames the Jewish Rothschild family for attempting to assassinate him, and Erich von Däniken, who has made a number of transphobic and Islamophobic statements in recent years. Gaia promotes false content and exploited a taxidermy human mummy by teasing months of speculation about whether it was a space alien. I’m not sure anyone ever did find out who that poor dead person was.

Anyway, I can’t say that I see much upside to taking off an entire day and spending three-quarters of it traveling, without pay, so Gaia can interview me on a biased program for their fringe ancient astronaut output, which no one but paying fringe viewers will see. Supporting their sinister programming would seem to have no upside for me and only give cover to them as they continue to promote falsehoods and lies in the name of profit. I told them as much.

For anyone who wants to see just what kind of a person Alex Jones is, this video by British Skeptic Myles Power which dismantles the Sandy Hook conspiracy claims as promoted by Alex Jones is a good start.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YlJCn7RoQ4

I support your refusal of the offer from Gaia TV, quite simply these people cannot be trusted to edit any material you provide them honestly. I know of plenty of cases of makers of programs like this such as the scaremongering 'documentary' Bought have even deceptively edited the statements of people who supported whatever message the film was promoting so as to ensure they say exactly what the film maker wants.

Full agreement. Sometimes it makes sense to talk with / to supporters of fringe ideas, sometimes not. In case of Gaia TV it looks to be the latter.

A fruitful dialogue needs some basic level of trust and fairness, otherwise it is no dialogue, and the abuse of your statements is easily done.

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Jim

1/26/2018 11:22:15 am

Don't do it. Gaia probably want's to make you a patsy.
Fly you to Peru and let you get caught red handed with the tampered mummy remains.
He did it! It was Colavito the who tampered with the mummy remains and made the fake aliens ! And off to a pleasant stay in a Peruvian prison you go.
Its a giant conspiracy by the conspiracy nuts, pseudo community and the Nephilim to do away with you !
(lol)

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Only Me

1/26/2018 12:15:34 pm

Congratulations on the articles. Also, good on you for turning down Gaia TV.

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Riley V

1/26/2018 05:25:38 pm

Ditto

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Bob Jase

1/26/2018 01:53:09 pm

Turned down an offer by Gaia?

Don't be surprised if you find a severed unicorn head in your bed.

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Americanegro

1/26/2018 04:19:54 pm

I got that same offer from Guyana TV.

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E.P. Grondine

1/26/2018 10:52:53 pm

AN -

I have figured it out.

You are actually Ted Nugent, disguising yourself as an American Negro so no one will call you on your shit.

A brilliant plan!

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Americanegro

1/27/2018 02:01:39 pm

Negro is our word, you don't get to use it Chief.

Sad, sad old man.

E,O, Grondine

1/28/2018 01:45:00 pm

Oh yeah -

Like I told you before, I think I may have more friends of African American heritage than you do, AN.

So you are you Ted Nugent hiding behind the online mask of an ""American Negro"?

Or perhaps Dennis Miller?

Shane Sullivan

1/26/2018 05:45:25 pm

That's good news!

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Machala

1/26/2018 06:13:07 pm

Congratulations are certainly in order for your upcoming articles. I definitely try to find them and look forward to reading them.

The Gaia folks no doubt know your reputation and assuming that they can read ( a rather large assumption, considering the company ), no doubt planned some sort of 'ambush interview'. I'd be leery of going - even if I knew the location !

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Denise

1/28/2018 04:16:30 pm

Hey Jason,

When your articles come out will you please post links on how to get them? Looking forward to it.

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Bryan

1/29/2018 08:33:13 am

Hi Jason,
All About History is one of the few magazines i still get regularly, so I'm looking forward to your article. Especially since I live in a heavily "Rothschild-influenced" part of the UK (Buckinghamshire) where there are at least 3 of their properties in spitting distance.

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